"κύκνος" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /ký.knos/, /ˈcy.knos/, /ˈci.knos/, /ký.knos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈky.knos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcy.knos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcy.knos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈci.knos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”), with cognates including Sanskrit शोचति (śócati) and शुक्र (śukrá), and possibly Old Norse Hǿnir (“god associated with swans and storks”). Could also be onomatopoeic from the sound of the swan's call (compare Russian кы-кы (ky-ky, “cry of a swan”)). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*ḱewk-||white}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”), {{cog|sa|शोचति|tr=śócati}} Sanskrit शोचति (śócati), {{m|sa|शुक्र|tr=śukrá}} शुक्र (śukrá), {{cog|non|Hǿnir||god associated with swans and storks}} Old Norse Hǿnir (“god associated with swans and storks”), {{onomatopoeic|grc|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{cog|ru|кы-кы||cry of a swan}} Russian кы-кы (ky-ky, “cry of a swan”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κύκνου|m|second}} κύκνος • (kúknos) m (genitive κύκνου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κῠ́κνος|ου}} Forms: kúknos [romanization], κύκνου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κῠ́κνος [nominative, singular], τὼ κῠ́κνω [dual, nominative], οἱ κῠ́κνοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ κῠ́κνου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κῠ́κνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κῠ́κνων [genitive, plural], τῷ κῠ́κνῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κῠ́κνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κῠ́κνοις [dative, plural], τὸν κῠ́κνον [accusative, singular], τὼ κῠ́κνω [accusative, dual], τοὺς κῠ́κνους [accusative, plural], κῠ́κνε [singular, vocative], κῠ́κνω [dual, vocative], κῠ́κνοι [plural, vocative]
  1. swan Categories (lifeform): Freshwater birds
    Sense id: en-κύκνος-grc-noun-aFba67AR Disambiguation of Freshwater birds: 97 3 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek onomatopoeias, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 70 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek onomatopoeias: 76 24 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 70 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 87 13
  2. type of ship
    Sense id: en-κύκνος-grc-noun--zsS6waf

Noun [Greek]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|κύκνος}} Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|κύκνοι|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=}} κύκνος • (kýknos) m (plural κύκνοι), {{el-noun|m|κύκνοι}} κύκνος • (kýknos) m (plural κύκνοι) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|κύκνος|κύκνοι|κύκνου|κύκνων|κύκνο|κύκνους|κύκνε|κύκνοι|note=}} Forms: kýknos [romanization], κύκνοι [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], κύκνος [nominative, singular], κύκνοι [nominative, plural], κύκνου [genitive, singular], κύκνων [genitive, plural], κύκνο [accusative, singular], κύκνους [accusative, plural], κύκνε [singular, vocative], κύκνοι [plural, vocative]
  1. (ornithology) swan, Cygnus Categories (topical): Ornithology Derived forms: αγριόκυκνος (agriókyknos) (english: whooper swan) [masculine], κοινός κύκνος (koinós kýknos) (english: mute swan) [masculine], νανόκυκνος (nanókyknos) (english: Bewick's swan) [masculine]

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Latin: cycnus",
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      "text": "→ Latin: cycnus"
    },
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      "text": "⇒ Latin: cygnus"
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          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قُقْنُس (quqnus), قُقْنُوس (quqnūs)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قُقْنُس (quqnus), قُقْنُوس (quqnūs)"
    },
    {
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: ققنوس, ققنس (qaqnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: ققنوس, ققنس (qaqnos)"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
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          "expansion": "→ Urdu: ققنس (qaqnus)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: ققنس (qaqnus)"
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          "expansion": "⇒ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܩܢܘܣ (qūqnōs), ܩܘܩܢܣ (/⁠qwqns⁠/), ܩܝܩܝܢܘܣ (/⁠qyqynws⁠/)",
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      "text": "⇒ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܩܢܘܣ (qūqnōs), ܩܘܩܢܣ (/⁠qwqns⁠/), ܩܝܩܝܢܘܣ (/⁠qyqynws⁠/)"
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "vocative"
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          "ship",
          "ship"
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      "ipa": "/ký.knos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.knos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.knos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.knos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.knos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.knos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.knos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.knos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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          "english": "whooper swan",
          "roman": "agriókyknos",
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          "english": "mute swan",
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        {
          "english": "Bewick's swan",
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          "Cygnus",
          "Cygnus#Translingual"
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        "natural-sciences",
        "ornithology"
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek onomatopoeias",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "grc:Freshwater birds"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "cycnus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: cycnus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: cycnus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "cygnus",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Latin: cygnus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Latin: cygnus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قُقْنُس",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قُقْنُس (quqnus), قُقْنُوس (quqnūs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قُقْنُس (quqnus), قُقْنُوس (quqnūs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "ققنوس",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: ققنوس, ققنس (qaqnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: ققنوس, ققنس (qaqnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "ققنس",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qaqnus"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: ققنس (qaqnus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: ققنس (qaqnus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܩܘܩܢܘܣ",
            "alts": "1",
            "der": "1",
            "tr": "qūqnōs"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܩܢܘܣ (qūqnōs), ܩܘܩܢܣ (/⁠qwqns⁠/), ܩܝܩܝܢܘܣ (/⁠qyqynws⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܩܢܘܣ (qūqnōs), ܩܘܩܢܣ (/⁠qwqns⁠/), ܩܝܩܝܢܘܣ (/⁠qyqynws⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "կիկնոս",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: կիկնոս (kiknos), կիւկնոս (kiwknos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: կիկնոս (kiknos), կիւկնոս (kiwknos)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱewk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "white"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "शोचति",
        "tr": "śócati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit शोचति (śócati)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "शुक्र",
        "tr": "śukrá"
      },
      "expansion": "शुक्र (śukrá)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "Hǿnir",
        "3": "",
        "4": "god associated with swans and storks"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse Hǿnir (“god associated with swans and storks”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "кы-кы",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cry of a swan"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian кы-кы (ky-ky, “cry of a swan”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”), with cognates including Sanskrit शोचति (śócati) and शुक्र (śukrá), and possibly Old Norse Hǿnir (“god associated with swans and storks”). Could also be onomatopoeic from the sound of the swan's call (compare Russian кы-кы (ky-ky, “cry of a swan”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kúknos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κῠ́κνος",
      "roman": "ho kúknos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κῠ́κνω",
      "roman": "tṑ kúknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κῠ́κνοι",
      "roman": "hoi kúknoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κῠ́κνου",
      "roman": "toû kúknou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κῠ́κνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kúknoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κῠ́κνων",
      "roman": "tôn kúknōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κῠ́κνῳ",
      "roman": "tôi kúknōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κῠ́κνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kúknoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κῠ́κνοις",
      "roman": "toîs kúknois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κῠ́κνον",
      "roman": "tòn kúknon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κῠ́κνω",
      "roman": "tṑ kúknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κῠ́κνους",
      "roman": "toùs kúknous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῠ́κνε",
      "roman": "kúkne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῠ́κνω",
      "roman": "kúknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῠ́κνοι",
      "roman": "kúknoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κύκνου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "κύκνος • (kúknos) m (genitive κύκνου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κῠ́κνος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "swan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swan",
          "swan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "type of ship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.knos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.knos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.knos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.knos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.knos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.knos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.knos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.knos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κύκνος"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "whooper swan",
      "roman": "agriókyknos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αγριόκυκνος"
    },
    {
      "english": "mute swan",
      "roman": "koinós kýknos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κοινός κύκνος"
    },
    {
      "english": "Bewick's swan",
      "roman": "nanókyknos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νανόκυκνος"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κύκνος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kýknos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνοι",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-nM-ος-οι-2a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνος",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνοι",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνου",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνων",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνο",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνους",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνε",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κύκνοι",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "κύκνοι",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "cat4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "κύκνος • (kýknos) m (plural κύκνοι)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "κύκνοι"
      },
      "expansion": "κύκνος • (kýknos) m (plural κύκνοι)",
      "name": "el-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κύκνος",
        "2": "κύκνοι",
        "3": "κύκνου",
        "4": "κύκνων",
        "5": "κύκνο",
        "6": "κύκνους",
        "7": "κύκνε",
        "8": "κύκνοι",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek masculine nouns",
        "Greek nouns",
        "Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος'",
        "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek",
        "el:Ornithology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swan, Cygnus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ornithology",
          "ornithology"
        ],
        [
          "swan",
          "swan"
        ],
        [
          "Cygnus",
          "Cygnus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ornithology) swan, Cygnus"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "ornithology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "κύκνος"
}

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